"The purpose of this study was to ascertain observable differences between two sub-samples of veterans from Veterans Administration Center, Gulfport, who were given more than one trial visit from which each returned. In one group (hereafter referred to as sub-sample "A") each veteran stated the same reason for return on each subsequent trial visit failure. In the remaining group (sub-sample "B") each veteran gave upon returning each time a different cause for his return"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "June, 1960." / "Submitted to the Graduate School of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work." / Advisor: James H. Williams, Professor Directing Study. / Includes bibliographical references.

"The purpose of this study is to search out and record some of the social factors which influenced the patient's premature return to the hospital from a ninety day trial visit in his community. The goal is to gather and analyze the content of the records of these patients and to examine the literature relating to the problems of schizophrenic patients after they leave the hospital. The objective is to describe some of the stresses encountered by the patient which were more than he could bear and to isolate some of the social factors which upset his balance"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "June, 1959." / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work." / Advisor: William L. Leap, Professor Directing Study. / Includes bibliographical references.

"The purpose of this study was to compare attitudes toward mental illness as expressed by the relatives of veterans on Regular Trial Visits from the Veterans Administration Center, Gulfport Division, Biloxi, Mississippi between January 1, 1959 and June 30, 1959. The secondary purpose was a comparison of nine identifying and seven hospital items of 82 veterans, and several characteristics of relatives"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "June, 1961." / "Submitted to the Graduate School of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work." / Advisor: Irene E. Morris, Professor Directing Study. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 93-97).

The problem of placing patients in the homes of paid caretakers is multifarious and complex. Among the most basic of the questions facing the agency planning to place patients is: what kind of patient to place in what kind of a home? When stated criteria are lacking for the selection of patients for both types of settings from the same hospital, the social worker's judgments become the gauge by which selection is made. This situation prevails at the Veterans Administration Hospital at Gulfport, Mississippi. Delineation of the factors contributing to successful placement would be useful in the selection and preparation of patients for community placement. The data of this study are primarily related to the successful community placement made by sixty white male veterans. Answers were sought to the following questions by an analysis of the data collected on 34 descriptive items. (1) How does the literature present and describe halfway house and foster home care as a form of community placement for male veteran patients? (2) Do the 30 veteran patients who have made a successful adjustment in the foster home care differ significantly from the 30 veteran patients who have made a successful adjustment to halfway house care when distributed on 10 selected social or baseline characteristics? (3) Do any of the 9 hospital and 8 military items significantly differentiate the patients in foster home care from the patients in halfway house care? (4) How do the 7 community placement adjustment items differentiate the two sub-samples? / Typescript. / "June, 1961." / "Submitted to the Graduate School of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work." / Advisor: Dorothy D. Hayes, Professor Directing Study. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 65-66).

Thesis (D. Min.)--New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 2007. / Abstract and vita. Includes final project proposal. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 144-149, 65-69).

Thesis (D. Min.)--New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1997. / Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 176-187).

Thesis (D. Min.)--New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1997. / Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 176-187).

Thesis (D. Min.)--New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 2007. / Abstract and vita. Includes final project proposal. Description based on Print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 144-149, 65-69).

Thesis (D. Min.)--New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1997. / Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 176-187).

"The purpose of this study was to determine the differences, if any, between seventeen foster families who indicated a financial reason as a factor in offering their service to provide family care to neuropsychiatric patients, and nineteen families who stated non-financial reasons, but who were also providing family care to mentally ill patients. The focus of the analysis of the data collected for these thirty-six foster families was to ascertain which of the twenty-two items significantly differentiated the families when dichotomized by financial reason and cross-tabulated on these selected items"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "January, 1961." / "Submitted to the Graduate School of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work." / Advisor: Dorothy D. Hayes, Professor Directing Study. / Includes bibliographical references.